Posts Tagged: Rachel Vannette
Congratulations, Microbiologist Shawn Christensen: Best Dissertation
Congratulations to UC Davis outstanding scientist Shawn Christensen, a doctoral candidate and...
Close-up of Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana building a nest on the sand cliffs of Bodega Head. This is the solitary bee that UC Davis doctoral candidate Shawn Christensen studies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The sand cliffs of Bodega Head are home to digger bees--bumble bee mimics--Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum's 2024 Special Events Announced
The Bohart Museum of Entomology has announced its 2024 special events, which include three...
UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum, will discuss her work on social wasps at the Bohart Museum open house on Saturday, Jan. 20. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Three UC Davis Doctoral Students Win Top Honors at ESA Student Competitions
Three doctoral students in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology each won the...
President's Prize honors in the ESA graduate student competitions went to (from left) Shawn Christensen and Lexie Martin, both of the Rachel Vannette lab; and Iris Quayle of the Jason Bond lab.
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology Celebrates Fall Social
Newly selected department chair Joanna Chiu welcomed faculty, graduate students and staff at...
Outdoing department chair Steve Nadler and incoming department chair Joanna Chiu. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Among the doctoral students attending the Department of Entomology and Nematology's fall social were Addie Abrams (left) of the laboratory of Extension agricultural entomologist Ian Grettenberger, and CC Edwards of the laboratory of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The department's fall social at the Putah Creek Lodge was a time to meet and greet faculty, graduate students and staff. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Glory of the Bindweed Turret Bees
If you've ever seen the nests of the bindweed turret bees, Diadasia bituberculata, and if...
A bindweed turret bee, Diadasia bituberculata, foraging for pollen on bindweed, aka morning glory. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
A close-up of a bindweed turret bee, Diadasia bituberculata (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
UC Davis community ecologist Rachel Vannette at work. She is an associate professor, Chancellor's Fellow and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
A close-up of a turret formed by a bindweed turret bee. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)